01334nas a2200337   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001000059653003800069653001100107653001900118653002300137653001000160653001000170653001100180653001000191653001200201653000900213653001900222653001900241100001700260700001500277700001200292700002000304245005900324300001100383490000700394050003200401520054900433022001400982       1994                            d  c1994 Oct-Dec10aAdult10aEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay10aFemale10aHIV Infections10aHIV Seropositivity10aHIV-110aHIV-210aHumans10aIndia10aleprosy10aMale10aMass Screening10aPilot Projects1 aJayasheela M1 aSharma R N1 aSekar B1 aThyagarajan S P00aHIV infection amongst leprosy patients in south India.  a429-330 v66  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>In a pilot study, 463 leprosy patients (374 males and 89 females) were investigated for HIV-1 and HIV-2 antibodies by screening tests. Sera positive by the screening tests were subjected to confirmatory tests. Three cases were confirmed to be positive for HIV, two for HIV-1 and one for HIV-2. All the three positive cases were young males, who had visited commercial sex workers. No correlation was found between the type of leprosy and HIV infection. This is the first report of HIV infection amongst leprosy patients from South India.</p>  a0254-9395